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June 20, 2013

Reasoning for APPSC and Bank Po Exams - Part 3

1. ‘Captain’ is related to a ‘Team’ in the same way as
‘Director’ is related to
(1) Supervisor (2) Employee
(3) Organisation (4) Union
(5) Customer2. Find the odd one out of the following options
(1) Aunt (2) Child
(3) Father (4) Niece
(5) Relation3. Pointing to a photograph of Mahesh, Ram said. “The
father of his sister is the husband of my wife’s mother”. How is Ram related to
Mahesh?
(1) Brother (2) Brother-in-law
(3) Father-in-law (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these4. If ‘fork’ is called ‘plate’, ‘plate’ is called ‘knife’,
‘knife’ is called ‘jug’, ‘jug’ is called ‘glass’, ‘glass’ is called ‘cup’ and
‘cup’ is called ‘fork’, by what do we cut fruit?
(1) spoon (2) jug
(3) glass (4) saucer
(5) none of these5. If ‘a’ is substituted by 26,’B’ by 25 and so on up to
‘Z’ which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers
substituted for the word ‘XRAY’?
(1) 33 (2) 40
(3) 37 (4) 73
(5) None of these6. In a certain code COIMBATORE is written as DPJNCBUPSF.
How is INDORE written in that code?
(1) JOENQF (2) JMCPQD
(3) JOEPSF (4) HMCNQD
(5) None of these7. Geeta is elder to Seeta but not to Deepa. Gayatri is
younger than Deepa. No one is elder to Fatima. Who is youngest of them all?
(1) Seeta (2) Geeta
(3) Gayatri (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these8. Raman is sitting to the immediate left of Harry but not
next to Kamal. Mahesh is sitting to the right of Kamal. If the four friends are
sitting in a circle who is sitting to the immediate right of Harry?
(1) Mahesh (2) Kamal
(3) Raman (4) Harry
(5) Cannot be determined9. How many three letter meaningful
English words can be formed from the word NOTE beginning with ‘T’ and without
repeating any letter?
(1) Three (2) One
(3) Two (4) None
(5) None of theseDirections (11-15): Answer question 11 to 15 based on the
following sequence: A $ B # 9 G 3D K « M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 I 4 Y ? J11. How many elements in the above arrangement are both
immediately preceded and immediately followed by a number?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Three (4) Five
(5) None of these12. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element
from the left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left
to right, keeping the position of the other elements in arrangement un-changed?
(1) 5 (2) 4
(3) 7 (4) 8
(5) None of these13. How many letters in the above arrangement are
immediately followed by a symbol?
(1) Two (2) Five
(3) Four (4) Three
(5) None of these14. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of
the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?
(1) # (2) 7
(3) U (4) 9
(5) None of these15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way
based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
(1) G$M (2) K9Q
(3) ?D7 (4) 2MU
(5) PCI16. In a certain code language’ In ba pe’ means ‘he has
won’,’le ki ba’ means ‘she has lost’ and ‘in se pe’ means ‘he always won’.
Which word in that language means ‘he’?
(1) in (2) pe
(3) se (4) Data not sufficient
(5) None of these17. X is Y’s brother. S is T’s mother and X’s aunt. How is
T related to X?
(1) Sister (2) Cousin
(3) Aunt (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these18. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged,
such that the first becomes ninth, second becomes eighth, and so on, and the
position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new
arrangement of letters?
(1) TNAVERSBO (2) TNVARESBO
(3) NTAVERSBO (4) VANTRESBO
(5) None of these19. If 1 is coded as S, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded as «, 3
is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ? What will be the correct
form of the number 435671?
(1) ? + % « # S (2) ? + % S # «
(3) ? + « % # S (4) S # « % + ?
(5) None of these20. Which of the following have the same relationship as
BREAD:DBARE?
(1) SWORN: NSOWR (2) FUNDS: FSDUN
(3) GLAZE : EGZAL (4) LOWER: RLEWO
(5) None of theseDirections (21-25): Read the following information and
attempt the given questions: Six executive Aman, Bindu, Deepa, Jitu, Kamal and
Priyanka have to advertise four products i.e. soap, watches, computers and
chocolates on 3 different channels, i.e. Go, Come and Fun either alone or in
pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product.
No more than two executives can advertise on a channel.(i) Bindu and Jitu both visit the same channel but
advertise different products.
(ii) Aman who visits ‘Go’ advertises neither soap nor computers.
(iii) Kamal does not advertise chocolates.
(iv) No girl advertises soap.
(v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice21. Who advertises watches?
(1) Deepa (2) Kamal
(3) Aman (4) Priyanka
(5) None of these22. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in
definitely incorrect?
(1) Go-watch (2) Come-computer
(3) Go-soap (4) Come-soap
(5) Come-watch23. Which channel does Kamal visit?
(1) Go (2) Fun
(3) Come (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these24. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following
must be true?
(1) Jitu advertises soap (2) Jitu advertises watches
(3) Kamal advertises computers (4) Kamal works for Fun
(5) None of these25. What will Jitu advertise?
(1) Chocolates (2) Watches
(3) Computers or watches (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these26. Swaroop and Simple want to attend a seminar together
between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Simple cannot leave till after her lunch
break which begins at 1.30 p.m. Swaroop is free after her meeting which ends at
noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
(1) 3 ½ hours (2) 2 ½ hours
(3) 4 ½ hours (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these27. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER
each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the
English language?
(1) One (2) Two
(3) Four (4) Three
(5) None of these28. Find the odd one out
(1) 2 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 13 (5) 929. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged
in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet
preceding them in the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of
letters?
(1) BDHEKLQT (2) BDEHKLQT
(3) BDEHLKQT (4) BDEJMLQT
(5) None of these30. Out of 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to
Hindi news-papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers.
Find the number of Maranthi news-paper subscribers.
(1) 9 (2) 21
(3) 17 (4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of theseDirections (31-35): Below are given letters and their
numeric codes. Below that are given some conditions to be followed while
codifying the given letter groups in each question. Study them and find out the
correct numeric coded form of the given letter group in each question. If none
of the coded forms is correct, your answer will be (5) i.e. ‘None of these’.
Letters M Q I N E Y U G R
Numeric Codes 2 5 3 7 1 8 4 6 9Conditions:
(i) If the first and last letters are vowels both are to be coded as S.
(ii) If the second letter is a vowel and the third letter is a consonant a
single code is to be used and both are to be coded jointly as %.
(iii) If the first letter is a consonant and the last letter is a vowel both
are to be coded as?31. ENIMY
(1) 1%28 (2) ?732?
(3) 17328 (4) ?7328
(5) None of these32. GENIR
(1) ?173? (2) 6%39
(3) 6%79 (4) 61739
(5) None of these33. QUERI
(1) 5%93 (2) ?413?
(3) ?4139 (4) ?419?
(5) None of these34. EINUM
(1) 1%72 (2) 0%42
(3) 1374? (4) 1%43
(5) None of these35. UNGRE
(1) S769 S (2) 4769 S
(3) 47691 (4) S7691
(5) None of theseDirections (36-40): In each question below are two
statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the
two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically
follows from the two statements disregarding commonly known facts.Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.
Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.
Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows.
Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Give answer (5) if both conclusions I or II follow.36. Statements: Some pencils are lead. All lead are ink
Conclusions:
I. Some ink are pencils.
II. All ink are lead.37. Statements: Some ovens are refrigerator. Some
refrigerators are ACs.
Conclusions:
I. Some ACs are ovens.
II. No. AC is oven.38. Statements: All planes are birds. All birds are clouds.
Conclusions:
I. Some planes are clouds.
II. Some clouds are birds.39. Statements: Some sweets are salt. No salt in spice.
Conclusions:
I.. Some sweets are spice.
II. No spice is salt.40. Statements: Some papers are plastics. All papers are
clothes.
Conclusions:
I. Some plastics are clothes.
II. Some plastics are papers.Directions (41-45): Each of the following questions below
consists a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You
have to decide if the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer
the question. Read both statements and:Give answer (1) if the data in statements I alone is
sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II is not
sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the
question, while the data in statement I alone is not sufficient to answer the
question.
Give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II
alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Give answer (4) if the data in both the statements I and II are not sufficient
to answer the question.
Give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are
necessary to answer the question.41. How is ‘cricket’ written in a code language?
I. ‘Dinesh play cricket’ is written as ‘do si ha’.
II. ‘play cricket now’ is written as ‘ha si ma’.42. Who is the oldest among L, M, N, O,P?
I. P is older than M and N but not O.
II. L is older than O.43. When is Rahul’s birthday?
I. Rahul and Shivani are twins.
II. Rahul was born on the last day of February in a leap year.44. What is the strength of the class?
I. Shekhar stood 28 ranks below the top ranker and Mahesh who stood 5 ranks
below him stood last.
II. Jayesh was 9 ranks below Ramesh who stood 27th from the top.45. How far does Shruti live from the school?
I. Shruti has to cycle 3 kms. To her friend Mina’s house which is 4 kms. From
thee school.
II. Gitanjali lives exactly opposite the school and walks 2 kms. to reach Shruti’s
house.Directions (46-50): The following questions are based on
the five three digit numbers given below: 972 526 487 359 25146. If the positions of the firs and second digits are
interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in
ascending order?
(1) 359 (2) 972
(3) 526 (4) 487
(5) 25147. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the
above numbers how many will be multiples of 5?
(1) None (2) One
(3) Two (4) Three
(5) None of these48. If 1 is subtracted from the last digit of each of the
above numbers the sum of the digits of how many of them are prime numbers?
(1) None (2) Two
(3) One (4) Three
(5) All five49. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written
in reverse order which will be the second highest number?
(1) 251 (2) 359
(3) 487 (4) 526
(5) 97250. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers
are interchanged such that the first becomes second, second becomes third and
third becomes firs, which, of the following will be the highest?
(1) 972 (2) 526
(3) 487 (4) 251
(5) 359Answer Key for Mental Aptitude Reasoning
1. (3) 2. (5) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (2)
6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (1)
11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (5)
16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (5) 19. (1) 20. (5)
21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (3)
26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (5) 29. (2) 30. (5)
31. (3) 32. (2) 33. (4) 34. (5) 35. (1)
36. (1) 37. (3) 38. (5) 39. (2) 40. (5)
41. (4) 42. (5) 43. (2) 44. (1) 45. (3)
46. (1) 47. (4) 48. (3) 49. (3) 50. (5)